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Are you guys watching Oxygen's Hair Battle Spectacular? I wasn't sure about this show, but I caught this first episode and it was pretty great. There were drinks being poured into giant updos...
Soccer balls nestled inside mounds of blonde extensions... And, of course, the usual Oxygen brand of dramarama. Brig from last seasons Shear Genius would have been perfect on this show. She was so miscast! One of the most hilarious parts is that all the contestants have vh1 style dating show nicknames, like Boss, Cajmonet (hee!) Fingaz, J-Ro, Malibu, Minista, Roo, Sexi Lexi, Tsunami, and Valley Girl.
My early fav, ...

From the comfort/safety of her cabana in Miami, Jackie from Lock & Mane achieves perfectly tousled beachy waves with Alterna Caviar Beach Spray.
Also, like Jackie's cute headband? It's the L. Erickson’s Narrow Derby Headwrap--the same one January Jones wore in black to the Golden Globes!

Thanks to the always-awesome SELF magazine, Antonio Prieto, founder of Antonio Prieto Salon in New York City, offers up some easy-to-do, at-home hair tricks for styling straight hair like a pro!
Straight, voluminous hair starts in the shower. Use a volumizing shampoo and conditioner such as Volupt by Sebastian. The combo takes away any heavy build up and allows hair to be as voluminous as it can be.
Use a medium boar bristle brush. The close-knit bristles provide hair with a lot of tension, which contributes to create straight hair more volume and shine.
Velcro rollers are great for adding volume ...

Hey! Married! I will write about the wedding and the great vendors we used and the amazing hair & makeup (and maybe post a few pictures!) at a later date, but right now I am just going to say that it was totally the best night ever and leave it at that for now!
Lena, a Hair On The Brain reader wrote in to tell me about a Ukrainian fashion line she is working on: X'U, designed by Ksenia Marchenko. Lena's email was so sweet and the site super cool, so I had to tell you all about it. Plus, check ...

It's the Friday before a long holiday weekend (happy Fourth of July!) so what better time to make mixed drinks out of your hair products? No, seriously. The new, entirely organic, non-toxic line Intelligent Nutrients is literally so good (and so good for you) that you can eat it! Or, ya know, make champagne cocktails with it! Which is exactly what my crazy ladies at Lock & Mane did. They're so dedicated to making sure their products are of the highest quality, they will make mixed drinks using hairspray! Behold:
Intelligent Nutrients was created by Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda. ...

If my sister is reading this: Hi! Whenever I drive by High Voltage Tattoo, I think of you and how you mentioned if you ever got a tattoo, you would want it to be by Kat Von D... :) Miss Von D is a total brand these days with her very own makeup line in addition to her own reality TV show. She does a very good smoky eye, so it makes sense that she would come out with a new primer just for smoky eye looks: Kat Von D High Voltage Eye Primer in Smoky. The smoky eye is ...

I love MAC and I love Alice + Olivia, so I am totally excited about the Limited Edition MAC Alice + Olivia Collection! The line is available in North America July 8, 2010 and internationally (Japan & Korea only) in August.
The line includes Dazzleglass Creme lip gloss for $18.00 each. I.Want.Candy. is a hot yellow shade with soft multi-dimensional pearlized pigments and If it’s Pink… is a hot pink with soft multi-dimensional pearlized pigments. I got to test out Sparklicious, which is a creamy pale pinky/white with soft multi-dimensional pearlized pigments. This is a great neutral lippie to pair with ...

I just got an email from a Hair On The Brain reader, asking: "Just curious, since I've been thinking about extensions, I was wondering if we know who did Ashley Greene's hair this last time around?"
In fact we do! Her stylist is (and has been for quite a while now) mega-celeb stylist, Ted Gibson. He has even been quoted saying that Ashley Greene is his muse.
He did her hair for the cover of Nylon magazine’s annual Young Hollywood issue. Ted gave Ashley serious rocker hair for the shoot. To style Ashley’s extensions, Ted used Build It Blow Drying Spray over ...